The Sforza Hours, a small volume designed for private devotion, is one of the most lavishly illustrated books of the Renaissance. It was illuminated first in Milan around 1490 and later in Ghent after 1504. In all there are 64 full page miniatures and 140 pages with small miniatures and borders.
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Item date: Early 16th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 10,000
Item cost: US$350,000
Institution: British Library
Town/City: London
Item date: 1806 to 1843
Date acquired: 2003
Grant Value: 4,000
Item cost: 58,647
Institution: Wordsworth Trust, Dove Cottage
Town/City: Grasmere
County: Cumbria
The Trust bought 10 lots at the sale, including letters of William & Mary Wordsworth to William's cousin Edward Ferguson of 1837 and books owned and annotated by the poet.
Item date: 19-20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 3,000
Item cost: 22,493
Institution: Dorset History Centre
Town/City: Dorchester
County: Dorset
Poole Pottery was established in the 1870s, and the collection includes the business records of the company and a representative series of working patterns from the 1920s to the 1990s.
Item date: 1979
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 1,700
Item cost: $12,000
Institution: Exeter University Library
Town/City: Exeter
County: Devon
The autograph manuscript of 'Under the North Star' was written by Ted Hughes (1930-98) in 1979 for children and was illustrated by the artist Leonard Baskin. The manuscript consists of 29 pages of autograph text abd illustrations.
Item date: 1713
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 195
Item cost: 195
Institution: Faversham Society
Town/City: Faversham
County: Kent
The book was lost from the Parochial Library of Doddington in Kent, formed by Daniel Somerscales, vicar (1694-1737). It is a variant issue from the three recorded in ESTC.
Item date: c. 1200-1421
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 1,500
Item cost: 5,000
Institution: Nottinghamshire Archives
Town/City: Nottingham
County: Nottinghamshire
This is a coherent group of medieval charters from the parishes of Morton and Fiskerton.
Item date: 1407-1929
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 9,000
Item cost: 35,000
Institution: Northamptonshire Archives Service
Town/City: Northampton
County: Northamptonshire
The Cokayne collection is a collection of records concerning the Viscounts Cullen of Rushton and various related families. The collection, which was formed by G. E. Cokayne, Clarenceux King of Arms, consists of over 3,400 documents covering the period 1407-1929.
Item date: 19th and 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 255
Item cost: 1,011
Institution: Norfolk Record Office
Town/City: Norwich
County: Norfolk
The three items purchased are the minute book of the Forncett St.
Item date: 1792
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 2,062
Item cost: $75,000
Institution: Lancashire Record Office
Town/City: Preston
County: Lancashire
The Red Book contains four watercolour sketches with overlays, a ground plan of the estate and drawings for a proposed dairy in the Gothic style, as well as a commentary by Repton on his proposals.
Item date: 20th century
Date acquired: 2004
Grant Value: 1,000
Item cost: 9,180
Institution: Manchester Metropolitan University, Library
Town/City: Manchester
County: Lancashire
The strength of this collection of modern illustrated books is in wood-engraved books of the 1920s to 1940s. Illustrators include Blair Hughes-Stanton, John Nash, Paul Nash and Eric Ravilious. The Gregynog Press and Trianon Press are represented in the collection.